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Title: Crime at Forest Creek
Description: This article appeared in the Argus on 28 January 1853. A group of ‘fossickers’ were caught after absconding with three pounds of gold from another man’s claim.
Date: 24 January 1853
Published Source: Australian National Dictionary Centre, The Gold Rushes and Australian English: a resource for researchers, teachers and students, Australian National University, 2005, http://www.anu.edu.au/andc/res/aus_words/gold/index.php. [ Details... ]

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